Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [pron] [modal v] in [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In some countries it may in part be based on social/ethnic background . |
| 2 | Although it is claimed that these cases indicate an impairment in executing symbolic gestures it may in fact be the case that this aspect of their difficulty is secondary to a deficit in dealing with sequences of movements in general , the apparent linguistic defect deriving from this ( Kimura , Battison and Lubert , 1976 ) . |
| 3 | It could also be spent on buying private properties which would in turn get the private housing market moving , and in the long run would save money on keeping families in bed and breakfast accommodation . |
| 4 | The novels enjoyed a limited success , but because most novelists were concerned at the time to redefine the relation of the individual to society in terms of changing values , it was all too easy for readers to focus on the social dimension of Brooke-Rose 's fiction and to overlook those aspects which can in retrospect be seen to prefigure the problems and techniques of her later work . |
| 5 | To these self-appointed custodians of public morals it was even more appalling that those very classes who should in theory be the hope and backbone of republicanism were equally infected by the general tone of light-mindedness : |
| 6 | Inevitably this process will address difficult questions and may generate difficult solutions which may in turn have severe effects on existing interests both inside and outside the organisation . |
| 7 | In other respects it may in principle result in conduct which is wealth reducing overall , as where a company retains employees who on a strict cost/benefit analysis would be made redundant . |
| 8 | However , parallel cousins who may in reality be half-siblings are also likely to have lived in the same household . |
| 9 | We 've then got well to do middle peasants , we 've got middle peasants who would in turn |
| 10 | It was also suggested that as highly competitive traders they would in fact probably benefit from the more open European market after 1992 . |
| 11 | Resource owners ' initial ignorance of the kinds of commodities consumers will buy and of the relative prices which can in principle be obtained for these commodities gradually diminishes . |